Hair curling and drying device

ABSTRACT

A hair curling and drying device which has a porous tubular curler on which a lock of hair can be wound and end caps which have elongated sleeves having a slidable sealing fit over the ends of the tubes, one of the caps having means to permit ejection of air into the tube. The caps can be telescopically adjusted longitudinally of the curler so as to move the wound lock into a compact mass and restrict passage of air through only that portion of the tube covered by the lock of hair.

United States Patent [1 1 Serdar Apr. 9, 1974 HAIR CURLING AND DRYING DEVICE Franjo Serdar, 3777 Eton St., Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Filed: Mar. 16, 1973 Appl. No.2 342,065

Inventor:

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[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS l/1968 Djenner 132/9 3,265,075 8/1966 Edman et al 3,322,144 5/1967 DeBoer, Jr. et a1. 137/375 FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 101,212 5/1937 Australia 132/33 Primary Examiner-G. E. McNeill Assistant Examiner-Gregory E. McNeil] Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Carver and Company ABSTRACT A haircurling and drying device which has a porous tubular curler on which a lock of hair can be wound and end caps which have elongated sleeves having a slidable sealing fit over the ends of the tubes, one of the caps having means to permit ejection of air into the tube. The caps can be telescopically adjusted 1ongitudinally of the curler so as to move the wound lock into a compact mass and restrict passage of air through only that portion of the tube covered by the lock of hair.

2 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures 1 HAIR CURLING AND DRYING DEVICE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to hair curling and drying devices.

2. Prior Art Hair curling and drying apparatus in general, make use of curlers upon which the wet locks of hair are wound. The hair can then be allowed to dry under normal room conditions or, as is most prevelent, under application of hot air.

In some devicesuse is made of helmets which extend over and envelop the crown on the head, the helmets being provided with openings through which hot air is ejected onto the coiled hair. Such a drying operation is time consuming and is objectionable because exposed parts of the hair are subjected to excessive drying while inner portions of the hair on the curlers dry more slowly.

Furthermore currents of air delivered into the helmet aredirected directly at the scalp of the person whose hair is being dried thus resulting in acute discomfort.

In another type of hair drying device the curlers are I made in the form of perforated tubes into which hot air is delivered and which is then directed outwardly through the hair wound on the curler. Hair, when wound on curlers of this type of device, does not cover all the holes or perforations, consequently, hot air can freely escape from uncovered holes and impinge directly on the scalp. Furthermore when hair is wound on a curler it is usually bunched towards the center of the roller and thins out towards the ends, consequently hair towards the outside of the rollers can be overdried while the bunched hair at the center of the curler still remains damp.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a hair curling and drying device of the last mentioned type which enables a lock of hair wound on a curler to be disposed and maintained such that the wound lock is of uniform thickness throughout and which restricts the passage of air through roller through that portion which is covered by the rolled lock of hair so that the lock of hair dries uniformly.

In the present device as air does not pass directly through a curler opening onto the scalp discomfort normally associated with hot air drying devices is greatly alleviated.

The present invention provides an air pervious tubular'roller on which a lock of hair can be wound, caps having sleeve portions slidably and sealably fitting over end portions of thecurler and moveable into engagement with side strands of the lock of hair for moving the lock of hair into a compact mass substantially centrally of the roller, the caps being formed of air through that portion of the roller covered by the caps and means for directing hot air through one of the caps into the roller.

A detailed description following related to the drawings gives exemplification of apparatus according to the invention which, however, is capable of expression in means other than those particularly described and illustrated.

DESCRIPTION or THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a central sectional view of a hair curling and drying device of the invention showing a strand of hair wound on a curler in position for drying,

FIG. 2 is a view, similar to FIG. 1, of the curling device and a lock of hair initially wound thereon,

FIG. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Referring to the drawings hair drying and curling device of the present invention includes a curler, generally 10, which has a cylindrical tubular roller 11 upon which a lock of hair 12 can be coiled. The roller is sufficiently porous or foraminate to freely enable passage of air through the walls thereof. The roller can be made of a suitable thermoplastic having a multiplicity of openings 13. It will be understood however that other suitable materials can be used provided they are water resistant and have sufficient porosity to enable the passage of air therethrough.

A pair of caps 14' and 15 which are formed of air impervious material, such as a suitable thermoplastic fit over opposite ends of the roller. The cap 15 has an unbroken end 16 and an elongated sleeve 17 which terminates in an upstanding annular flange 18. The cap 14 also has an elongated sleeve 19 terminating in an upstanding annular flange 21. The cap 14 however has a central air passage 22 opening outwardly through a nipplev 23. The sleeves of both caps have a slidable sealing fit on the curler.

In practice, hot air is delivered into the curler 10 from a blower and header unit, generally 25. The unit 25 has a blower 26 which delivers air through electric heater 27 into a header 28.The header 28 has a plurality of nipples, severally 29, from each one of which tubes 31 are extended, each tube being connected to a nipple 23 of a curler. The blower and heater unit 25, in professional hair dressing establishments, can be remotely located for providing sufficient air for a number of clients. For home use, adapters can be devised for individual hair drier units of the helmet type for this purpose.

OPERATION I In use, the caps are removed from the roller and the lock of hair rolled thereon as shown in FIG. 2. Normally the lock of hair, when rolled on the roller, will be thicker towards the center of the roller and taper off to single strands near the edges of the lock. It will be seen therefore that if air were to be directed: into the roller with hair disposed in this manner hot air would be directed outwardly through openings not covered by the hair. Further the hair would dry unevenly, with the strands near the outer edges of the lock drying much more quickly than the individual strands of hair near the center of the lock. Also air delivered outwardly through some of the uncovered openings would be directed as hot jets onto an individuals scalp thus causing great discomfort.

The construction of the caps of the curler 10- however enables the hair, see FIG. 1, to be gathered by the annular flanges of the caps and moved into a layer of relatively uniform thickness. As the sleeves of the caps are air impervious the roller openings not covered by the hair are thus closed to passage of air so that air can be delivered only through those openings in the portion of the roller covered by the lock of hair.

Furthermore, as the jets of air issuing from the roller openings are diffused and cooled on passage through the coiled moist lock of hair discomfort normally associated with hot air drying is, in great measure, alleviated.

I claim:

1. A hair waving and curling device including:

a. a tubular air pervious roller on which a lock of hair can be wound,

b. a pair of air impervious caps having elongated sleeves slideably fitting on so as to close off opposite ends of the roller, the caps being adjustable longitudinally of the rollers so as to enable adjustment of length of the roller through which air can pass,

c. the inner ends of the sleeves having upstanding flanges for gathering the lock of hair wound therearound and confining the latter into a relatively uniformly thick, compact mass covering the roller,

sage of air therethrough. 

1. A hair waving and curling device including: a. a tubular air pervious roller on which a lock of hair can be wound, b. a pair of air impervious caps having elongated sleeves slideably fitting on so as to close off opposite ends of the roller, the caps being adjustable longitudinally of the rollers so as to enable adjustment of length of the roller through which air can pass, c. the inner ends of the sleeves having upstanding flanges for gathering the lock of hair wound therearound and Confining the latter into a relatively uniformly thick, compact mass covering the roller, d. one of the caps having means to enable injection of air into the roller so that air escapes from the roller only through that portion thereof covered by the lock of hair.
 2. A device as claimed in claim 1 in which the roller and caps are made of a suitable thermoplastic material, the roller having openings formed therein for the passage of air therethrough. 